You should check out his appearance on the Tonight Show. It’s a much longer version of the same skit. Some hilarious stuff in there, including some miscounting.
Ahhhh this is funny, when I was younger, I knew this feeling. I still do sometimes when I'm rotated on 3rd and 4th parts in chamber ensembles. I just hope that any 4th trumpet player know how significant they are. Without a strong lower end of the trumpet section, the section can sound awfully hollow without the harmonies and I know this from experience. As our jazz director tells us for example, the foundation of our sound comes from the lower end of the band (sorry for going off on a tangent btw haha).
As a first trumpet I can say that that 2nd 3rd and even forth trumpet greatly support my intonation. It literally gives me more power because there already is something I can lean on. Everytime I Play without them is so much harder and exhausting.
@@imnotchilla9482 If you think that's weird, you gotta hear about my roommate last year. We were randomly paired my school and both were named Ethan and played in the marching band
My mom is in her 60s and she’s what I refer to as “first call last chair” trombone. She’s the absolute last call for a soloist but if you need to fill up that seat at the end of the row playing nothing interesting she’s there. She gets called all the time to back up other more competent 3rd or 4th part trombonists. It’s quite the niche.
Sectionals in Jr. high, cellos in the room because they’re a pain to move, firsts in the hallway because it’s second best, seconds outside for their music to blow away, violas in the closet because there were two of us and we could fit...
Viktor Nikiforov Oh noooo! 😭 Hey though, you’ve got unique experience as a soloist(?) I’m really lucky to have 10 other violists in my Orchestra right now(somehow more violas than cellos!) I was the only violist for about a quarter in 8th grade though : (
@@viktornikiforov3602 in my orchestra, one of my fellow violists went as a soloist for the entire semester, since we are divided in last name and there were only four violists (3 were in the other rotation for covid). Thankfully I switched to her rotation and now she isnt a soloist anymore. Also I really wish more people played viola, such a beautiful instrument!!!
I don't think you all realize that this is a parody. It is meant to be funny. This man obviously can play much better then this, he shows it in some of the rips that he does in between the phrases. It is meant to be funny and not taken too seriously.
@@notJ1m No, not everyone. I remember watching this video 9 or 10 years ago, and people back then were badmouthing Barbutti on this very comment board because they were apparently too young to know who he is, saying how terrible he was playing that trumpet. I told one of them that this was a comedy bit, not serious music.
I can't but that's probably because I play professional level pieces and when I saw what I have to play for the upcoming concert I thought I accidentally printed the part for flute instead of tenor sax
I remember playing 3rd/4th trumpet for some of Duke Ellington's charts and let me tell you, the story is different! There were licks that were higher than the 1st trumpet part! It was intense!
Our trumpet section was so strong we would rotate into the 4th slot just to keep the first chair fresh. We simply passed parts around! It was no big deal! However, every part adds more richness to the harmony. Especially important, the 3rd part!
Haven't seen that in a while...I met Pete in the early 60s, my dad played drums with Pete a lot in those days. I ended up working with him quite a bit in the 70s. Love him!!!
I loved playing 4th chair, typically it was all of the off chord notes that really shined and that creativeness flowing through the different jazz ensembles. HOWEVER, this is still a hilarious clip that was my life back then!
This is hilarious! Just for the record though, the 4th part has the solos in the majority of big band charts though. Tom Harrell played the 4th part in the Vanguard Band, Ray Nance played 4th in Duke's band.
Normally the solos are on the second part (book), though they can be on any part, depending on the arrangement. In the cases you refer to the arrangements were specially written for famous players you mention who happened to play 4th. It's an important part, forming the base of the chord voicing for the section and is rarely as simple as this. It often duplicates the first part a few notes or an octave down and can go fairly high on occasion. It's essential to have a class player on each part and in the best bands the 4th player will usually be as technically gifted as the lead player. He or she may also have a decent high register also, though they may not be as comfortable as the lead player to stay there all day. A friend of mine was the 4th player in one of the UK's leading professional big bands a number of years ago. The lead player left and as the only other player with a really world class high register he was asked to take on the lead book. Which he did.
Second trumpet is the traditional soloist. However there are many exceptions, Stan Kenton being a very notable one. He had five trumpeters and The soloist played fifth part. I think that was mainly to save his lip for the solos. A fifth trumpet part really is non-essential, except when playing some very complex chords, which Stan Kenton did. But anyway, with five trumpets, the fifth trumpeter could actually sit out sections in order to save up for his solo or for cutting out to go up front to the microphone.
@Ray Callender ...As far as I know, Duke Ellington didn’t number the parts! They had the cats’ names on them, at least the originals that we used to play from did. (A LONG time ago, at the Manhattan School of Music.) ...Are you related to the great bassist?
I'm an old guy so I can tell you who this is. His name is Pete Barbuti. an accomplished musician and a comedian. He mostly did routines on accordion. I like this one.
@GMwoogitmaster18 -- Duke was one of the only composers who wrote parts specifically for each of his players and their individual capabilities. "4th Trumpet" in Duke's book doesn't mean the same thing that it does with most writers
sktyler1 So very true! All his parts were conceived for the unique abilities of each individual in each section. 4th Part with Duke was not the common scoring practice used by everyone else. That made his music truly unique.
I understand the feels. I used to play 3rd trumpet all the time. Now a sophomore in High School all I ever really play is 1st trumpet, except for a few songs where I play 2nd.
This is hilarious. If you’ve never been in a big band, it might not seem to make much sense, but no, this is gold! 😂 As a h.s. Frosh i was in a huge orchestra, playing something like 7th chair!!!!! 😂
Aahhh, the “inside” parts!! Pete Barbutti-a great comedian!! In a vintage “ Tonight Show” appearance, he came out smoking a cigar, and was going to play piano..before he sat down to play, he stuck a plunger mute on the side of the piano and put the cigar in the hole in the middle....
These parts, on their own, aren’t always exciting, but they add so much to the collective and overall sound. It’s what makes music fun and interesting! This is a funny clip tho
@Jj Perry Well, the top part’s fun. If people listened to the bottom it wouldn’t be popular. When I used to perform it, i played it on a viola da gamba.
My mistake!! I originally thought this was taken from one of Mr. Barbutti’s Tonight Show appearances..it’s actually from a show he did with Woody Herman’s band-there’s even a close-up of Woody laughing at one point..I must have been high on the “cough medicine” in the inside pocket of my sports jacket when I said this was from the Tonight Show!!
I think this man is Pete Barbutti. He had a music comedy act during the sixties. Saw him once or twice in Vegas. Played piano. He was a guest on the Mike Douglas TV show. Used to smoke a big cigar and would rest it while he played piano in a homemade cigar holder made from a toilet plunger.
I totally didn't realize this was Shanty Town til he got to the singing part... Now that I know this, when you relisten to it I'm pretty sure this IS the 4th trumpet part for that song!
I always enjoyed 2nd trumpet in the jazz ensembles I've had the privilege to play with. Now in show band's, 1st trumpet in HS and lead/1st trumpet in college marching bands were my all time favorites. I've had the privilege to have played in 15 different states in show bands for competition level show choirs, three different Jazz ensembles, orchestras for theatre companies, aboard Royal Caribbean's Sovereign Of The Seas in two show band's, a jazz band, and as a soloist. I truly enjoy music, and comedy! This is an accurate depiction of what it's like playing a supporting part in any of those groups! 🎺 '78 Bach Strad 37LR, Yamaha Xeno 8335, Mendini MTT-L (About the Mendini: don't knock it til you've tried it! It's a horn that is good for playing around my kids so they don't destroy "daddy's nice ones" it is actually really versatile in tone and has decent timbre, and body throughout) 0== Chuck Findley Marcinkiewicz E13 aka my baby!, Bach Jet Tone 3c, Bach 5c, Schilke 14A4A, and the garbage Cecillio 7C that came with the Mendini.
If youve ever seen a chart of 3rd trumpet music, thats probably what 4th trumpet music would sound like.....I can understand the joke....Thats what make its so funny...its supposed to sound bad, thats why he is a 4th trumpet player.
@John Doe I am in band and even I don’t know. But if you’re talking about my reply to the original comment, it’s literally just that it’s been 14 years
@John Doe Last chair of most instruments have very boring parts when played by themselves and can be almost insultingly boring to practice... But they're also like the most important part of every section of the band. They play the bottom notes in chords usually.
Very funny! And all too true. In the Barristers Big Band we rotate parts, solos, etc. Everyone works on leading, following, and all aspects of ensemble, and we all become better players. Every part is important.
Thad and Mel wrote such angular lines - his 3rd bone parts are weird too. I don't mind angular - in the melody! - but with the sometimes strange harmonic stuff folks like Thad got goin on it makes the inner lines kind of shit to play
@@havokmusicinc I always felt like he ended up with extra notes in the chord he didn't know what to do with so he said "screw it, give it to the 2nd tenor".
I was 3rd trumpet in high school band. My position was directly behind the 1st trumpet. He got my best licks up close and personal - he didn't like it much!
The same notes to fit the harmony part over and over and over again...priceless. I get the parody, of course, and know this guy has chops to spare, but he plays the part beautifully!
I'm enjoying this because YT knows I like music nerd type vids and also because 14 years ago ! people felt they needed to explain why this was funny...
I feel like some kind of alien. Kinda annoying me how everyone in the comments is like "hahaha this is so funny" but I have not the slightest idea what makes this so funny
I think the guy who made was poking fun at the fact that 4th chair trumpet doesn’t really get any melody. Only harmony, so he made the whole thing just the 4th trumpet part. I think people find it funny because they know what it’s like to play 4th.
My horror: high school orchestral band, 3d trumpet, Bolero. TA-tegete-TA-tegete-TA-tegetetegetetegete-TA -- repeat, forever. Finally, FINALLY, the piece would crash to an ending. "Okay, gang..." (Director speaking, here.) "I need more clarinet. You've got to lay into it. Let's take it again from the top."
Every 4th chair knows this pain.
At least he's not counting.
Wait...what pain?
You should check out his appearance on the Tonight Show. It’s a much longer version of the same skit. Some hilarious stuff in there, including some miscounting.
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Ahhhh this is funny, when I was younger, I knew this feeling. I still do sometimes when I'm rotated on 3rd and 4th parts in chamber ensembles. I just hope that any 4th trumpet player know how significant they are. Without a strong lower end of the trumpet section, the section can sound awfully hollow without the harmonies and I know this from experience. As our jazz director tells us for example, the foundation of our sound comes from the lower end of the band (sorry for going off on a tangent btw haha).
steelchops who needs a fourth trumpet with a second trombone
A good 3rd and 2nd trumpet section makes the 1st trumpets sound soooo good
Absolutely. The backup instruments are the wind, so to speak, beneath the "first" instruments' wings.
I played first chair trombone and its the same with the lower brass. Every section has that, even the percussion and woodwinds.
As a first trumpet I can say that that 2nd 3rd and even forth trumpet greatly support my intonation. It literally gives me more power because there already is something I can lean on. Everytime I Play without them is so much harder and exhausting.
as a 4th chair jazz trombonist i know exactly the feeling
as a 3rd chair trombonist (thirty eight years ago) you have my condolences.
Last year I was 4th trombone but it was because I was a bass
I was the fourth string center for Seward Park HS in 1978. Only got to play against Stuyvesant.
What do you mean? Playing 4th trombone is the most fun you can have in a jazz band!
As the 1st chair, I always wanted to play 4th - it was bass!
That... is so freakin' true. Fourth trumpet parts in the big band are exactly like that. Same note over and over, and then really big rests.
Trumpet player here, this is 100% accurate
a fellow ethan that plays the trumpet, what are the chances..
@@imnotchilla9482 If you think that's weird, you gotta hear about my roommate last year. We were randomly paired my school and both were named Ethan and played in the marching band
@@ethanhill3929 bruh that must've been confusing. at least the last name initials were different right
@@imnotchilla9482 Yeah, we just did "Left Ethan" and "Right Ethan" based on where our beds were.
Same with 3rd trombone
My mom is in her 60s and she’s what I refer to as “first call last chair” trombone. She’s the absolute last call for a soloist but if you need to fill up that seat at the end of the row playing nothing interesting she’s there. She gets called all the time to back up other more competent 3rd or 4th part trombonists. It’s quite the niche.
This is what its like to play a viola
Sectionals in Jr. high, cellos in the room because they’re a pain to move, firsts in the hallway because it’s second best, seconds outside for their music to blow away, violas in the closet because there were two of us and we could fit...
@@macm.3889 😭😂😂😂😭i was the only viola in my senior year. 30 people playing instruments but only one of me
Viktor Nikiforov Oh noooo! 😭 Hey though, you’ve got unique experience as a soloist(?) I’m really lucky to have 10 other violists in my Orchestra right now(somehow more violas than cellos!) I was the only violist for about a quarter in 8th grade though : (
S tier comment right here
@@viktornikiforov3602 in my orchestra, one of my fellow violists went as a soloist for the entire semester, since we are divided in last name and there were only four violists (3 were in the other rotation for covid). Thankfully I switched to her rotation and now she isnt a soloist anymore. Also I really wish more people played viola, such a beautiful instrument!!!
I don't think you all realize that this is a parody. It is meant to be funny. This man obviously can play much better then this, he shows it in some of the rips that he does in between the phrases. It is meant to be funny and not taken too seriously.
Mark Garety I think everyone realizes this, and I'm replying to an 11 year old comment
@@notJ1m No, not everyone. I remember watching this video 9 or 10 years ago, and people back then were badmouthing Barbutti on this very comment board because they were apparently too young to know who he is, saying how terrible he was playing that trumpet. I told one of them that this was a comedy bit, not serious music.
No this was real. It's an exhibition on trumpet parts and only this player who was forced to be 4th because he played so badly.
No shit sherlock....
Playing fast doesn't mean you are good. He sounds like a beginner who has only practice fingerings and hasn't mastered the basics.
I played tenor sax 6 years, and this is basically our parts for the entire time
I can back this up
I can't but that's probably because I play professional level pieces and when I saw what I have to play for the upcoming concert I thought I accidentally printed the part for flute instead of tenor sax
Sometimes CZcams just brings up the most random videos from the glory days of the internet and it's the best thing ever.
I remember playing 3rd/4th trumpet for some of Duke Ellington's charts and let me tell you, the story is different! There were licks that were higher than the 1st trumpet part! It was intense!
even this comment 13 years later makes me feel less bad about myself for being a 3rd chair
And 13 years later being reminded I made this comment brought back many great memories! Cheers!
Our trumpet section was so strong we would rotate into the 4th slot just to keep the first chair fresh. We simply passed parts around! It was no big deal! However, every part adds more richness to the harmony. Especially important, the 3rd part!
This is inspirational. I play 4th chair just because nobody else will play it and now I feel good about myself.
Whatever he took from his jacket definitely is 4th trumpet material.
lmaoooo
Borrowed from the drummer.
I have been that 4th chair trumpeter........then one day I ended up being 1st, 2nd and 3rd when I was the only trumpet player to turn up to rehearsal!
The algorithm has brought us back once again.... 14 years later
Pete used to hang at the Union Hall in Vegas after hours with the rehearsal bands, and just crack everybody up. What a funny, crazy cat.
When he said "Daddy out of town with a little plot of ground with the green grass growin' all around" I felt that
It’s either this, or something with intervals that make no sense out of context but turn out to be all the chord extensions.
Haven't seen that in a while...I met Pete in the early 60s, my dad played drums with Pete a lot in those days. I ended up working with him quite a bit in the 70s. Love him!!!
The part where he’s just chiming in with words of encouragement during the solo section…superb
Barbuti is one of my favorite comedians. His Accordian School skit and Airline skit are favorites.
Pete Barbutti -- musical comedy legend. I love how Woody Herman looks on, probably wondering how he let himself be talked into this routine.
I know every 4th chair would love to have a little bit of "grandpa's cough medicine" in his jacket. hahaha
Pete Barbuti , fine musician and fabulous comedian.
I recognized Pete instantly. I remember him from appearances on the tonight show and others. Great cat and a ninch of fun to see on stage!
I loved playing 4th chair, typically it was all of the off chord notes that really shined and that creativeness flowing through the different jazz ensembles. HOWEVER, this is still a hilarious clip that was my life back then!
This is hilarious! Just for the record though, the 4th part has the solos in the majority of big band charts though. Tom Harrell played the 4th part in the Vanguard Band, Ray Nance played 4th in Duke's band.
Normally the solos are on the second part (book), though they can be on any part, depending on the arrangement. In the cases you refer to the arrangements were specially written for famous players you mention who happened to play 4th. It's an important part, forming the base of the chord voicing for the section and is rarely as simple as this. It often duplicates the first part a few notes or an octave down and can go fairly high on occasion. It's essential to have a class player on each part and in the best bands the 4th player will usually be as technically gifted as the lead player. He or she may also have a decent high register also, though they may not be as comfortable as the lead player to stay there all day. A friend of mine was the 4th player in one of the UK's leading professional big bands a number of years ago. The lead player left and as the only other player with a really world class high register he was asked to take on the lead book. Which he did.
Yeah definitely second has most. However "Time for Love" and a few other significant bug band charts have 4th,
+Ray Callender It seems like it would make more sense to keep soloists on third or fourth to keep their chops fresh.
Second trumpet is the traditional soloist. However there are many exceptions, Stan Kenton being a very notable one. He had five trumpeters and The soloist played fifth part. I think that was mainly to save his lip for the solos. A fifth trumpet part really is non-essential, except when playing some very complex chords, which Stan Kenton did. But anyway, with five trumpets, the fifth trumpeter could actually sit out sections in order to save up for his solo or for cutting out to go up front to the microphone.
@Ray Callender ...As far as I know, Duke Ellington didn’t number the parts! They had the cats’ names on them, at least the originals that we used to play from did. (A LONG time ago, at the Manhattan School of Music.) ...Are you related to the great bassist?
This is why I like to play jazz in small ensembles, like quartets.
I'm an old guy so I can tell you who this is. His name is Pete Barbuti. an accomplished musician and a comedian. He mostly did routines on accordion. I like this one.
@GMwoogitmaster18 -- Duke was one of the only composers who wrote parts specifically for each of his players and their individual capabilities. "4th Trumpet" in Duke's book doesn't mean the same thing that it does with most writers
sktyler1 So very true! All his parts were conceived for the unique abilities of each individual in each section. 4th Part with Duke was not the common scoring practice used by everyone else. That made his music truly unique.
-"His name is Sugar?"
-"No, Chigurgh."
I understand the feels. I used to play 3rd trumpet all the time. Now a sophomore in High School all I ever really play is 1st trumpet, except for a few songs where I play 2nd.
Absolutely hysterically funny! Brilliant!
CZcams being like, here take a 14 year old video for no reason
its cuz you watch them
Same
How could we say no?
Evidently, it's a classic.
Why are all of us watching this so recently? Perhaps it's rising to popularity again...
Pete Barbutti! Still around! Plays a lot of instruments, some of them very, very well! Also the trumpet.
Oh Norm. I found you again. R.I.P. lil bro.
This is funny....and hits very close to home. I enjoy seeing Woody Herman seemingly amused as well
Omg that's pete Barbuti, grew up watching him on game and talk shows... 👍👍
I had a smile the entire time. Hahaha. That’s some good clean family fun right there.
This is hilarious. If you’ve never been in a big band, it might not seem to make much sense, but no, this is gold! 😂
As a h.s. Frosh i was in a huge orchestra, playing something like 7th chair!!!!! 😂
I love how his bell is completely pushed.
Aahhh, the “inside” parts!! Pete Barbutti-a great comedian!! In a vintage “ Tonight Show” appearance, he came out smoking a cigar, and was going to play piano..before he sat down to play, he stuck a plunger mute on the side of the piano and put the cigar in the hole in the middle....
I remember that schtick! He then started to "tune" the piano bench, and commented that he had "perfect stool"...
I remember that schtick! He started to adjust/tune the piano bench and then commented that he had "perfect stool"...
These parts, on their own, aren’t always exciting, but they add so much to the collective and overall sound. It’s what makes music fun and interesting! This is a funny clip tho
Not a trumpet player, but i get the joke😭
Its not a joke, this is unironicially 100% accurate
Try playing the bass part to Pachelbel’s Canon. Less variety than this.
and slower
holy shit that wad so boring to play
@Jj Perry Well, the top part’s fun. If people listened to the bottom it wouldn’t be popular. When I used to perform it, i played it on a viola da gamba.
Oh please
Bass to Ravel's Bolero is much worse
D3, A3, B3, F#2, G2, D2, G2, A2, repeat and loop for duration of song
FYI Wynton Marsalis plays the 4th trumpet in Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
I saw this exact act live when I was at a Woody Herman concert. It was hilarious.
dude, u do know that he's joking, right? the 4th chair trumpet player in symphonys is just an improv act, he's faking being bad.
14 YEARS AGO
Heyy
@@BrunoNeureiter sup
@@JuNlr just chilling
@@BrunoNeureiter I am guessing you play an instrument since you watched this video. What do you play?
My mistake!! I originally thought this was taken from one of Mr. Barbutti’s Tonight Show appearances..it’s actually from a show he did with Woody Herman’s band-there’s even a close-up of Woody laughing at one point..I must have been high on the “cough medicine” in the inside pocket of my sports jacket when I said this was from the Tonight Show!!
I think this man is Pete Barbutti. He had a music comedy act during the sixties. Saw him once or twice in Vegas. Played piano. He was a guest on the Mike Douglas TV show. Used to smoke a big cigar and would rest it while he played piano in a homemade cigar holder made from a toilet plunger.
I'll never forget seeing him do this skit on The Tonight Show, perhaps this is the same clip of that show.
I totally didn't realize this was Shanty Town til he got to the singing part... Now that I know this, when you relisten to it I'm pretty sure this IS the 4th trumpet part for that song!
I always enjoyed 2nd trumpet in the jazz ensembles I've had the privilege to play with. Now in show band's, 1st trumpet in HS and lead/1st trumpet in college marching bands were my all time favorites. I've had the privilege to have played in 15 different states in show bands for competition level show choirs, three different Jazz ensembles, orchestras for theatre companies, aboard Royal Caribbean's Sovereign Of The Seas in two show band's, a jazz band, and as a soloist. I truly enjoy music, and comedy! This is an accurate depiction of what it's like playing a supporting part in any of those groups!
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If youve ever seen a chart of 3rd trumpet music, thats probably what 4th trumpet music would sound like.....I can understand the joke....Thats what make its so funny...its supposed to sound bad, thats why he is a 4th trumpet player.
someone make memes out of this
0:21 *questions life
I like how some ppl missed out the intention of the video;D
LOL, its hilarious
You’re 7 years late, I’m 7 years later
@John Doe I am in band and even I don’t know. But if you’re talking about my reply to the original comment, it’s literally just that it’s been 14 years
@John Doe Oh I think it is that 4th chair is generally boring, and he’s playing a 1 note solo with only rhythms
@John Doe
Last chair of most instruments have very boring parts when played by themselves and can be almost insultingly boring to practice...
But they're also like the most important part of every section of the band.
They play the bottom notes in chords usually.
Hilarious! Thanks for posting. Even a great band like Herman's needs some novelty/humor numbers to break things up. Love it.
I love playing 4th....loooove it.
Him, Jack Sheldon and, yes, Clark Terry all made me laugh and WERE such fine musicians! lol
This video is great! It's a perfect example of comic genius. Thank you for posting.
Very funny! And all too true. In the Barristers Big Band we rotate parts, solos, etc. Everyone works on leading, following, and all aspects of ensemble, and we all become better players. Every part is important.
Bruh, i expected him to use the chair he was sitting on as a literal instrument replicating the trumpet sound...
Wow I'm 4th chair in the all region band. I'm gonna go cry now.
This song is amazing
Horn players in bands: "Wait, you guys have notes!?"
This is sooo funny, especially from an outstanding player as him.
Brilliant.
Have not laughed so hard in a long time.
Thanks for putting this up.
this is not what i expected somehow, no dislike or anything, just a strange encounter from another planet, blessings upon you
Try playing 2nd tenor, especially on a Thad Jones song. Such weird lines
The least melodic part in the section, Always.
Thad and Mel wrote such angular lines - his 3rd bone parts are weird too. I don't mind angular - in the melody! - but with the sometimes strange harmonic stuff folks like Thad got goin on it makes the inner lines kind of shit to play
@@havokmusicinc I always felt like he ended up with extra notes in the chord he didn't know what to do with so he said "screw it, give it to the 2nd tenor".
@@RLTrane preach!
2nd Tenor has by far some of the weirdest parts. Second weirdest is first tenor. Generally Tenor Sax has some weird ass parts
I was 3rd trumpet in high school band. My position was directly behind the 1st trumpet. He got my best licks up close and personal - he didn't like it much!
HAHAHA - what did i just watch!? Love that he crushed the bell for the bit - I bet it's even a Conn!
The same notes to fit the harmony part over and over and over again...priceless. I get the parody, of course, and know this guy has chops to spare, but he plays the part beautifully!
Any 3rd or 4th part player in any band or orchestra knows this feeling
I feel this as a 8th grade bari sax last year, only only bari sax in the band yet so relatable, im a freshie now
This was 14 years ago yet there are tons of comments from weeks ago. I see this is going through the cycle of CZcams recommendation
CZcams can recommend Pete Barbuti any time.
His 3 legged pig joke is still the funniest thing I've ever heard.
I know this feeling since 7th grade jazz
As an musical theatre ensemble singer, I understand this feeling.
Lol me in the Mary Poppins musical
Didn't even have to watch it to know what this would be, and to know that I would love it. Absolutely Hi-lar-ee-ous!
Some videos: comments just weeks old
Others: comments over a decade old
This video: *BOTH*
I cant fucking handle this oh my god this is hilarious!
I'm enjoying this because YT knows I like music nerd type vids and also because 14 years ago ! people felt they needed to explain why this was funny...
In band, I played 16th chair trumpet, which meant I could just stay home.
I feel sorry for all 4th chair trumpet players everywhere. I now feel their pain...
I guess no one remembers that Pete used to do stand-up comedy; I remember seeing him on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson waaay back.
I remember my time playing the Baritone in an amateur orchestra exactly like this, but without the fast parts ;-)
I was like this part is easy then I heard super accurate 16th note runs and I'm like well wow
I feel like some kind of alien. Kinda annoying me how everyone in the comments is like "hahaha this is so funny" but I have not the slightest idea what makes this so funny
Same here, i was reading comments trying to understand the joke
I think the guy who made was poking fun at the fact that 4th chair trumpet doesn’t really get any melody. Only harmony, so he made the whole thing just the 4th trumpet part. I think people find it funny because they know what it’s like to play 4th.
@@jodie6465 4th trumpet is the equivalent to singing alto.
This was a hoot. I think I have to pass it on to a couple of friends.
holy shit this was uploaded in 2006
Gawwwwwd, I LOVE Pete Barbutti!!!!
Funny stuff . I liked 2nd chair lead trumpet get to play the steady melody .
that intro is the best!
There needs to be a 2nd violin version of this- the entire 2nd violin section plays
Jackson, congratulations you’re fourth chair.
My horror: high school orchestral band, 3d trumpet, Bolero. TA-tegete-TA-tegete-TA-tegetetegetetegete-TA -- repeat, forever. Finally, FINALLY, the piece would crash to an ending. "Okay, gang..." (Director speaking, here.) "I need more clarinet. You've got to lay into it. Let's take it again from the top."
Hilarious! Love Pete.
This is so beautiful
This is my girlfriend's dad Pete Barbuti. He still does charity shows and lives in Vegas. One of the nicest guys in the business.